macOS Sierra New Features

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9/20/2016

Get a glimpse of all the cool new features in Apple's latest operating system, macOS Sierra. Learn about the optimized storage features, find out how to enable picture-in-picture video, and discover advanced features (like Universal Clipboard) for interacting with iOS devices. Our resident Mac expert, Nick Brazzi, also offers a glimpse of the new features in the apps that come bundled with Sierra: Photos, Messages, and Notes. He also shows how to work with Siri on the desktop.

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- [Nick] Welcome to this courseon the new features in macOS Sierra.I'm Nick Brazzi.macOS is the operating system for Macintosh computers.In previous versions, it was known as macOS X,but it has now been rebranded simply as macOS.In this course, we'll take a quick lookat what has changed in this new version.We'll start with general interface changes.There are only a few small updates to the interface,but they should make things run a bit more smoothly.Siri, the voice-operated searchand personal assistant tool has been added to macOS.

This has been available for years on iPhones and iPads,but now you can perform Siri searchesand activate various voice commandson your computer as well.We'll look at some updates to individual applicationsthat come bundled with macOS.The Photos application has received some big updates,allowing for intelligent searchingand organization by locationand people who appear in your photos.We'll also see how to collaborateon Notes with other people,work with rich media messages in iMessage, and more.Finally, we'll see how the continuity featurehas been updated,which facilitates communicationbetween an iOS device and a computer.